C. Glen Williams and Doctor Hu

C. Glen Williams has been playing guitar since 1996, and writing original folk songs for just as long. Armed with a nylon-stringed acoustic, he penned "Pickup Street" within two months of learning his first three chords.

His first EP, The Money Keeps Rolling In (currently out of print) featured original songs and re-arrangements of the traditional "Lyke Wake Dirge" and "Sovay." It was released in the heyday of mp3.com, prior to the "Beam-It!" incident that spelled a long downward spiral for the company.

In 1999, he recorded his first full-length album, Post-Millennial Heebie-Jeebies. The album again included a handful of traditionals, this time including "Drunken Sailor" and "Sir Patrick Spens." Original tracks on the album included a re-written "Pickup Street," comical lost-love song "Wasted All This Time," and the rollicking "Good Ship Roger" (in a medley with "Drunken Sailor").

Also in 1999, Glen began to dabble in experimental electronica. His early experimentations were released to the then-thriving mp3.com under the name Deep Blue Funk. Represented by his cartoon avatar of a purple-skinned, yellow-scarved hepcat, Deep Blue Funk released three albums - two through mp3.com and one through Ampcast. Funktron 5000 featured his first top-ten single on mp3.com, "Got It Sussed," which at one point was being heard on dance floors across Australia. The second, Rockabionica, combined tracks from Funktron with new material, and was released both through mp3.com and Ampcast.

In 2002, Glen left both mp3.com and Ampcast, seeking greener pastures. Shortly after, Deep Blue Funk released The Illegal Rebirth of Deep Blue the Kid through Cafepress' on-demand CD program. He quickly grew dissatisfied with the program, however, realizing that Cafepress was far more suited to T-shits and posters than to music distribution. That, coupled with the realization that the name "Deep Blue Funk" was being used by no fewer than three touring music acts forced a brief hiatus from the electronica world.

Glen returned to electronic music in 2005 while composing music for a short film, Der goldene russische Spion, der liebte zu töten. Realizing that the name Deep Blue Funk was closed to him, he rechristened his electronic act Doctor Hu, using a long-time bulletin board handle. Glen also discovered new means of distribution of his music, and 2006 sees the re-release of both Post-Millennial Heebie-Jeebies and The Illegal Rebirth of Deep Blue the Kid, now released under the name Doctor Hu.

Glen recently completed his M.A. in Professional Communications at ETSU. His work involved theatre and storytelling. An album of Doctor Hu's indie film and theatrical music is planned for 2007, as well as new recordings of Glen's folk music and storytelling.